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Reflections on Grace (Hardcover)
Thomas A. Langford; Edited by Philip A. Rolnick, Jonathan R Wilson
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The doctrine of creation has often been neglected in Christian
theology. Distinguished evangelical theologian Jonathan Wilson
exposes what has been missing in current theological discourse and
offers an original, constructive work on this doctrine.
The book unites creation and redemption, showing the significance
of God's work of creation for understanding the good news of
redemption in Jesus Christ. Wilson develops a trinitarian account
of the life of the world and sets forth how to live wisely,
hopefully, peaceably, joyfully, and generously in that world. He
also shows how a mature doctrine of creation can help the church
think practically about contemporary issues, including creation
care, sexuality, technology, food and water, and more.
The first edition of Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World became
one of the founding and guiding texts for new monastic communities.
In this revised edition, Jonathan Wilson focuses more directly on
lessons for these communities from Alasdair MacIntyre's After
Virtue. In the midst of the unsettling cultural shifts from
modernity to postmodernity, a new monastic movement is arising that
strives to be a faithful witness to the gospel. These new monastic
communities seek to participate in Christ's life in the world and
bear witness by learning to live intentionally as the church in
Western culture. This movement is about finding the church's center
in Christ in the midst of a fragmented world, overcoming the
failure of the Enlightenment project and our complicity with it,
resisting the temptation to Nietzschean power, and building
communities of disciples. This new edition is greatly enlarged from
the original volume. It includes responses to critics of the new
monasticism such as D. A. Carson, an entirely new chapter on the
Nietzschean temptation, an afterword on properly understanding the
new monastic movement, the dangers it faces, and the work yet to be
done, as well as an appendix on the supposed post-modern agenda of
Jonathan Wilson and Brian McLaren. For those striving to understand
the path the church should take in this fragmented world, this book
is essential reading.
Description: The first edition of Living Faithfully in a Fragmented
World became one of the founding and guiding texts for new monastic
communities. In this revised edition, Jonathan Wilson focuses more
directly on lessons for these communities from Alasdair MacIntyre's
After Virtue. In the midst of the unsettling cultural shifts from
modernity to postmodernity, a new monastic movement is arising that
strives to be a faithful witness to the gospel. These new monastic
communities seek to participate in Christ's life in the world and
bear witness by learning to live intentionally as the church in
Western culture. This movement is about finding the church's center
in Christ in the midst of a fragmented world, overcoming the
failure of the Enlightenment project and our complicity with it,
resisting the temptation to Nietzschean power, and building
communities of disciples. This new edition is greatly enlarged from
the original volume. It includes responses to critics of the new
monasticism such as D. A. Carson, an entirely new chapter on the
Nietzschean temptation, an afterword on properly understanding the
new monastic movement, the dangers it faces, and the work yet to be
done, as well as an appendix on the supposed post-modern agenda of
Jonathan Wilson and Brian McLaren. For those striving to understand
the path the church should take in this fragmented world, this book
is essential reading. About the Contributor(s): Jonathan R. Wilson
is Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology at Carey Theological
College, Vancouver, BC. His most recent book is Why Church Matters.
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Reflections on Grace (Paperback)
Thomas A. Langford; Edited by Philip A. Rolnick, Jonathan R Wilson
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Description: For about the last fifteen years of his life, Thomas
A. Langford pondered how grace is central to Christian theology.
This book records his reflections and provides numerous gems of
mature Christian insight. From beginning to end, the book is
christologically focused. Grace is not something that God gives us;
rather, it is the way God gives us himself. Grace is a person--God
present to human beings. Grace is not a gift but rather a giver.
Grace is Jesus Christ. The central contribution of this work is its
personalization of grace, its sharp focus on God present in Jesus
Christ. Because its focus on grace gives the reader such a clear
and thematically developed entry point, this work is a great
introduction to theology and the life of the church, the kind that
pastors and parishioners would certainly benefit from confronting.
Endorsements: ""Who better to teach us grace than one who so
genially embodied, personified, and incarnated grace? . . .
Langford] taught Christian grace in the manner of the great
classical philosophers whom he so admired by embodying in his life
that which he professed in his books, in the classroom, and in the
pulpit. How appropriate that this manuscript was lying upon his
desk when he died. What grace that we have it now. Grace, pure
grace."" --from the foreword by William H. Willimon ""Reflections
on Grace looks at grace from every facet of systematic theology.
Methodists and Wesleyans will want to read and ponder these pages
carefully, but the work reaches out to all Christian
communions--Catholic, Orthodox, and evangelical. This grace-filled
book can help any faithful and thoughtful Christian think deeper
about and live more boldly in the constant grace of the Triune
God."" --Alan G. Padgett, Methodist minister and Professor of
Systematic Theology, Luther Seminary ""Tommy Langford exemplified
what Methodism at its best should be. We can celebrate the
publication of these last thoughts, as they demonstrate that Tommy
was unafraid to change. May we learn from his example."" --Stanley
Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke
Divinity School About the Contributor(s): Thomas A. Langford
(1929-2000) served the United Methodist Church and Duke University
throughout his adult life. Langford was ordained a Methodist
minister in 1952. He was the primary author of the United Methodist
Church's ""Our Theological Task"" (1988) and a member of the World
Methodist Council bilateral theological discussions with the Roman
Catholic Church, the World Lutheran Federation, and the World
Reformed Alliance. He was the author or editor of fourteen books
including Intellect and Hope (on the thought of Michael Polanyi),
In Search of Foundations (on English theology and culture), and the
widely read Practical Divinity (theology in the Wesleyan
tradition). This current book, Reflections on Grace, is the work
that he had been writing during the last years of his life. Philip
A. Rolnick is Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas
in St. Paul, MN. He is the author of Analogical Possibilities: How
Words Refer to God and Person, Grace, and God (2007) Jonathan R.
Wilson is Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology at Carey
Theological College. He completed his PhD at Duke in 1989 under the
supervision of Thomas Langford.
Penned by a Christian teacher who has led thousands of students
through the unfamiliar terrain of systematic theology, "A Primer
for Christian Doctrine" serves as a friendly guide to theology's
topics, debates, and terminology. Telling you what you need to know
as you begin your study of theology or doctrine, the book is an
ideal companion to more comprehensive texts.
After a brief introduction defending the continued need for
doctrine, Jonathan Wilson clearly and concisely maps out each of
the main topics of Christian belief in separate chapters. He also
traces the differing emphases of theologians while suggesting
reasons for their differences.
Whether as a first taste of theology or as a readable summary of
its present state, Wilson's "Primer for Christian Doctrine" will be
an invaluable resource for students and small groups pursuing a
deeper knowledge of what Christians believe.
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